Rationality in an Emotional Society

How do we really make decisions nowadays? Do we use our rational minds? Do we use our hearts? Do we ever even realize which one are we using?

These are all questions that still need an answer; the average person still doesn’t realize when he is being rational nor when emotions take over their minds. Most of what surrounds us and what we see is meant to unconsciously trigger our emotions or, at least, give us a certain feeling. It is something we can’t truly help instantly, it is purely psychological, and as aforementioned, unconscious; even though, it may be avoided.

“Your trust in rationality makes you irrational”

Our Emotional Society

Our minds have got used to letting our emotions lead most of the time. When was the last time that you stopped and thought for a moment about what you were doing? For most of our lives, we make decisions in the heat of the moment, without thinking and without consuming much time. Society still hasn’t realized that our minds and emotions are always in perfect sync, we don’t notice it at least, and emotions are basically biasing our minds in every decision we make, no matter how complex or simple it may be. Still, it is intriguing that a lot of times, as individuals, we all have our goals well-defined, we are able to express them…